Hi allanyork. I just notice your post. No doubt you are drinking this brew now. How do you like it? I made a batch of this and ended up not liking it at all. I used the follow recipe:
Mangrove Jack's Northern Bitter
150gm wheat DME
150gm light DME
400gm dextrose
1/4 oz EKG hops boiled x 2 minutes
2 pkg Coopers yeast
22 liters water (half of which was RO)
Initially it wasn't too bad, although very bitter; but the older it got, the worse it got. In the end it had very distinctive and unpleasant woody and skanky notes. I don't know, maybe my hops were stale, or maybe it got infected. If you liked it maybe I will try it again.
On the other hand I also tried their Brown Ale and loved it. I used this recipe:
Mangrove Jack's Brown Ale
450gm DME
650gm dextrose
1/4 oz Willamette hops boiled x 4 minutes
kit yeast (a.k.a. Workhorse)
21 liters of water (half of which was RO)
It had a fluffy head, nice mouth feel, clean, malty flavor with a hint of caramel and fruit, lovely Willamette perfume.